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Square-Enix Interview

Square-Enix made its first announcement as a company today, with
previous president of Square Youchi Wada leading the conversation. The most
interesting of his comments was talk of a Kingdom Hearts sequel. The orginal
game sold 1.5 million units in North America, 850,000 units in Japan, and
500,000 in Europe. Also, the Final Mix release brought in an additional 300,000
units in Japan. Wada proceeded to comment, "Although there are still some
remaining negotiations with Disney on the matter, we will release a sequel to
Kingdom Hearts and make it, Final Fantasy and Dragon Quest into three pillars of
the company."

By pillars Wada simply means that the three series will serve as
Square-Enix's main titles. With Final Fantasy and Dragon Quest already long
running franchises, one would assume the company has plans to continue releasing
games in the Kingdom Hearts series. Also, Wada comments that Square-Enix is open
to any genre, but will continue to focus on its trademark story-driven RPGs.
With that information, developing companies Tri-Ace for Star Ocean 3 and Level
Five for Dragon Quest VIII will stay with Square-Enix.